"let me check with the wife" always makes me think the guy is looking for an excuse to get out of something........

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Just use it for an excuse to keep buying "her" guns till you find the right one...good way to check off your wanted to buy list with the idea of finding her the one she wants of course :D

"let me check with the wife" always makes me think the guy is looking for an excuse to get out of something........

And can't man up and say "I don't want to...." so he blames "The wife"? Yeah that wouldn't work for me. If I don't want to do something, I say I don't. Why try to make my husband look like the bad guy or make people believe he has any kind of power making decision over me. LOL

Interestingly enough James Wesley Rawles, famous author,referred to his late wife as "The Mem-Sahib". I bet she loved it.

__________________WHAT I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR, MOSTLY THE HARD WAY• Do only safe sex. Never have sex with someone crazier than you are.
• Don't marry or move in together before you're both at least 25.
• Don't have children until you're married five years or at least age 30.
• Put 10% of your salary into savings every month no matter how broke you are.
• Don't ever screw around with the IRS.
• Keep a handgun on your bedside table.
• Don't smart-mouth judges, or cops who stop you on the road.

"let me check with the wife" always makes me think the guy is looking for an excuse to get out of something........

/\This. Married for 8 years in January. "The" Wife is meant to give an unbalanced title of authority when refering to her in an attempt to not compromise yourself in a situation. For example, not sure about hanging out with someone or making a purchase you're on the fence about. Getting out of it by needing to check with the overbearing other half is a way of excusing yourself. Purely a defensive mechanism but others can feel like a term of endearment.

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Last edited by troysland; 11-29-2012 at 6:58 PM..
Reason: wife corrected the years we've been married, lol!

My wife.................is my best friend. been together for 36yrs and married for 34 yrs.

This both our second marriages, we both thought had it been our first it would have never lasted. If I refer to her as my wife, she would refer to me as her husband. I feel blessed!

We have six rug rats between us, 43 - 55 yrs of age. not counting grand kids & great grand kids.

God life is beautiful !

It's not referring to her as your wife that we are talking about. It is using the phrase "The wife...." Example: Someone asks you if you would like to go to dinner and you respond "Let me ask THE wife..." as opposed to "Let me ask MY wife" Using 'my" is referring to her using "the" is more like referring to her in the third person(I'm wrong on that, I know but I can't figure out if "my" is in the second or first and I am too medicated to think about it)

Using 'my" is referring to her using "the" is more like referring to her in the third person(I'm wrong on that, I know but I can't figure out if "my" is in the second or first and I am too medicated to think about it)

__________________WHAT I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR, MOSTLY THE HARD WAY• Do only safe sex. Never have sex with someone crazier than you are.
• Don't marry or move in together before you're both at least 25.
• Don't have children until you're married five years or at least age 30.
• Put 10% of your salary into savings every month no matter how broke you are.
• Don't ever screw around with the IRS.
• Keep a handgun on your bedside table.
• Don't smart-mouth judges, or cops who stop you on the road.

__________________WHAT I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR, MOSTLY THE HARD WAY• Do only safe sex. Never have sex with someone crazier than you are.
• Don't marry or move in together before you're both at least 25.
• Don't have children until you're married five years or at least age 30.
• Put 10% of your salary into savings every month no matter how broke you are.
• Don't ever screw around with the IRS.
• Keep a handgun on your bedside table.
• Don't smart-mouth judges, or cops who stop you on the road.

Oh yeah, that too. LOL I was trying to tell Riley about something that happened in Flint, Michigan and it kept coming out Mint, Flichigan and then I was trying to talk to Bill about medical marijuana(not what I am on btw LOL) and it kept coming out Marical Medijuana...

Most of the further discussion beyond the clear concise answer is usually people just trying to convince others that the Penal Code/Case Law doesn't really apply because their uncle's friend's cousin's son-in-law works as a gardener for a retired judge from another state who might or might not have said he doesn't think it applies to a certain case that has absolutely nothing to do with the question the OP asked.

I believe it originated from Cockney rhyming slang. (Used in a small area of London)

If you've watched the movie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, you will of no doubt heard some of it.

In Cokney Rhyming slang when men refer to their wife, they use the term "trouble and strife". So when translating for people who do not know what it means, they state: "the wife"

Also throughout England, people will refer to their wife as "the Mrs." and has nothing to do with rhyming slang.

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Regarding the use of "Mother"... when talking to the dog, its either "go get momma!" or "go see daddy!" or whatever. Outside that, we refer to each other by first names or "my gf" or "my bf". On calguns, hes "my partner" as most dont know Im female. I mention it here and there but I dont think its too common of knowledge. He also posts here.. sometimes. I havent seen him though. He must be hiding well.

My wife and I have a pretty good relationship. She's my best friend and we can joke and be silly, more so than I can with any of my guy friends. Saying that, don't take offense to some of the things I call my wife, as I'll try my best to explain. Also she knows every nickname I have for her.

I might refer to her as "the" wife sometimes, because she IS the only wife, to me. I also call her my goddess and the lady bug.

I ALSO call her my bottom *****, (yes from south park, lol.) She takes care of me and she gets **** done. That girl would stand with me in a fight, fist or gun, and I would feel protected.

I cant say what other men may infer when they say "the" wife, but for me, it is one of my many strange terms of endearment. It just mean's that she's the only woman in the world.